No more racism! Woo! ummm....

Claire Potter has a useful look at the post-election triumphalism about the, you know, End Of America's Racial Divide.

One of the things that is going to be a little hard to take over the next few days is the ooze of self-congratulation already begun in the media about the sea-change in American race relations, "proven" by the majority of the electorate having chosen an African-American man as president.

I hope to write more on this in the coming days once I've had a chance to read a bit more. For now, I'd just say it's important to remember that, according to the exit polls, most white voters didn't vote for Obama.